Meyer v. Doherty
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment o-f the circuit court for La Crosse county: J. J. Fbuit, Circuit Judge. This is an action by the special administratrix of the estate of Mary Doherty, deceased. The complaint states that Mary Doherty died in La Crosse county on the 19th day of April, 1905, and that the plaintiff has been duly appointed administratrix of her estate.
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Appeal from a judgment o-f the circuit court for La Crosse county: J. J. Fbuit, Circuit Judge. This is an action by the special administratrix of the estate of Mary Doherty, deceased. The complaint states that Mary Doherty died in La Crosse county on the 19th day of April, 1905, and that the plaintiff has been duly appointed administratrix of her estate. “That the defendant, William Doherty, had in his possession at the time of her death the sum of $8,000, as plaintiff is informed and believes, the property of the said Mary Do-' herty.” “That said William Doherty refuses to pay or deliver the…
1Opinion of the Court
Siebeceee,, J.
Tbe complaint charges tbe defendant witb having converted a sum of' money, tbe property of Mary Doherty, to bis own use. Defendant admits having received $460 of her money after her decease, states tbat be has disbursed all but $200 of tbis amount in payment of her debts, funeral expenses, and for tbe erection of a suitable monument for her, and be denies tbat at tbe time of her death or thereafter be bad in bis possession any of her property except tbis sum. There is evidence tending to show tbat tbe deceased in her lifetime bad deposits of about $3,600 in a bank, and tbat tbe…
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